The concept of beauty has had many variables to what society defines as true beauty. Society today states that beauty is being slim and being beach body ready at all times. The stigma for beauty typically encompasses the women population. Women have become objectified to demonstrate beauty and invoke desire in the audience. However, not that long ago, beauty was defined as something else. Many people looked at the skinnier population and considered them unattractive and preferred women who were on the chubbier side. Idols like Marylyn Monroe were at the peak of beauty and considered the most gorgeous out of all. If our society now were to look at the beautiful women back then we would disagree on their beauty. The concept of beauty has been created for many purposes. One of the reasons being a capitalistic approach. Many companies repeatedly and subconsciously show the public what beauty is and they are able to create a demand. As society continues to change, so do our values and what we desire. Continuous advertising of the next big thing for beauty is what keeps consumers engorged on buying more and more. However, where our values lie aren’t necessarily the same everywhere else. In many other countries, what America values is far from what they view as beauty. For example, where America has tall slender model like women, Mexico has short and curvy women that are the epiphany of beauty in their eyes. In India, lighter skin is viewed as beautiful rather than darker skin. 

This reasoning goes back to the years of their culture but has remained steady, unlike in our society. The media has created this version of beauty, especially for women, and if we don’t follow then by their book, we are not beautiful. This everchanging concept of beauty has only brought many consumers to fall for the lies that society tells them. We live in a society in which not only loves beauty but will tell you you are not good enough if you don’t look a specific way. It’s the control over media and advertising that the audience is captured by these ideas to fall into the game capitalists play. 

Toys have been a great consumer strategy for many of the enterprises to capture parents into thinking it is necessary for their kid’s happiness. As toys become more and more popular, then came the distinguishing in between a girl toy and boy toy. These two categories are simply made by society to create a sense of differentiating the genders even more than they have been made already. While sex is a concept in which is fluid now, it is still heavily incorporated in society to give boys boy toys and give girls girl toys. Because many parents think it is simply the way to do things, they blindly follow capitalism and advertising remarks. The truth is, toys are constantly put in front of babies to mold them into what is expected of society. It is through this mold that many kids grow up to be what their parents tried to make them into. The distinguishing of sex differs from the distinguishing of gender. Meaning, the fluctuation of interests can vary and it doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be the stereotypical norms society wants us to follow. For example, a girl might be into the more masculine side of things like rough sports and not be completely a girly girl. We are told to behave a certain way either of we are male or female because of how unwritten rules were made hundreds of years ago. This can be an issue in a developing and changing society in where people look to go outside these boxes we were each put in. 

Because of the stereotypes created, many parents try to surround their children around their “designated” categories and try to mold their children into what they want them to be. It becomes increasingly easy to influence people because of the various elements that be used to brain wash society into doing what is “right”. This type of conformity in which everyone simply slips into is what brings question as to what is really just nature of control of society. 

The work of a teacher includes many different variables to become a presentable and successful teacher. In terms of successful, I mean in being able to transfer their knowledge to their students in a form that they understand and take it upon themselves to make it their own. Teachers have been held to standards over the years to educate others and in a sense prepare them for their futures. In terms of what makes a good teacher, many variables contribute into measuring good teaching. In a simple way that can be measured with a numeric factor, a good teacher can be measured by the amount of preparation he or she put into their lecture. Meaning, whether a teacher took the time to prepare for the next lectures and chapters relies heavily on how much education they’ll be providing to their students. In preparing themselves, not only do they give their students the best possible outcome of understanding the material, but they also continue to prove their capability as a good teacher. Not only does their effort correlate to measure their capabilities, but it also measures the amount of education they are providing and helping their students receive. For example, if a teacher comes into class one day with noting planned but rather says that for the day, they will be watching a movie and perhaps it’s a documentary. While the documentary itself can be insightful and educational, the teacher put in no effort to prepare or teach. When a teacher applies him or herself, they can make connections with students on topics they probably never understood before. However, the lack of time given to the students creates the disconnection on communication from teacher to student. This creates the separation from good teacher to good education. In measuring the both with a numerical scale, the most appropriate would simply amount to the time taken for the teacher to prepare to the amount of education given to the student. It can be hard to depict one single characteristic to a good teacher, as there are many, but in having education as a goal it is more valid to say time in preparation to the time in explaining would be the best measure. 

When learning about race, especially your own, it becomes a sort of eye-opening moment. It’s the moment in where we begin to decipher how the world is and how people work. In our generation, we were raised inclusively and raised on the belief that America was sort of like a melting pot of many different ethnicities. However, we soon learn how the world actually works and sees each and every different race. Growing, up we see how older people talk about others and we take it into mind because we follow what we see and hear. With that being said, when talking to older people about their perspective of their race, they had different stories than younger people today. They answered with having traumatizing events that would make them frightful and described America as something completely different than what it is today. Back then, when you saw someone with a different skin color or face structure or body structure, it was normal to judge them and categorize them into what you thought their race was. In doing so, it defeated the purpose of the foundations in which America was created. The older people in which I talked to talked about how in grade school, others would come up to them and immediately judge them because of how they looked or spoke. This was an effect of the ignorance of race from society at the time. However, as race has become a more open subject, as we become older, we learn that not everyone is as they seem. You may look at a person with a paler skin color but they may be Latinx or Puerto Rican. The younger people in which I spoke with mentioned how in order to determine others race they take initially what they see but further ask them about their background instead of going off of sole assumptions. Race has become a more understandable concept in which many people are affected daily because of their origins. 

The idea of racism has been rejected and made to seem like society has become more accepting and has changed its ways since the civil and world war. The concept of racism, however, hasn’t simply just vanished or erased from history. Racism today is still very much alive and there are many people who still hold onto beliefs from years ago. While many attempts to make racism a more friendly perspective, it still has a lot of pain and torment attached to the word and its meaning. In today’s society, if you are a liberal typically it means you are more accepting of the different races and genders more than a republic would. Nevertheless, politics can be a messy subject when trying to determine how racism is incorporated into today’s world. Racism is not only directed towards Black people, but also affects many other minorities such as Asians, Jews, Latinos, and many other races. Contrary to popular belief, White people also are subjected to racism from others. While the different degrees of racism and effects it has varies on the race, it doesn’t only affect one population of the world. Racisms comes in many different forms of being prejudiced towards a specific race and determining your thoughts from indirect experience. It has become an issue while it pushes people away from each other rather than uniting. One of the main reasons why racism is still very relevant is because of the impact it had on millions of people and in certain parts of the world people believe in the stereotypes that create racism. From the events of slavery, World War I, and World War II, prejudice was everywhere and hate spread faster than anything else. It created a continuous cycle that is yet to be dissolved. 

Racism has been an impactful and controversial topic around the word for many centuries. It has lead to wars, divisions, and catastrophes all around. Racism has impacted society in a way of perspective. Although in todays times, society is more accepting of people of color, years back it wasn’t the case. Many whites way of thought was that they could do anything without question. Whether it stretched from going into a a shopping center to using a bathroom. On the other hand, Black people had it more difficult and had very limited options. Their perspective was that they were unwanted, hated, whites had all the luxuries, and they were simply viewed as trash. Because they both came from different origins, their perspective comes to differ greatly. Whites had no struggle in their lives other than maybe financially, where as Blacks constantly had to be on their toes and behave properly to simply be somewhat accepted. Society had created these standards on the falsehood that everyone was equal and forced other to follow their rules. Because whites designated themselves as superior they followed the principle of power and made others inferior for them to rule over. In this dynamic, Whites felt like they created a balance of power, when in reality they simply followed the foundation in which America was built on. In the coming of Christopher Columbus into the New World, they took over indigenous people by force and marked their falsely claim territory. This proves true in the way whites claimed their dominance over people who were told they were of equal value in America. This shows how the discrimination stems from a long point of view that whites are supposed to be dominant over everyone else. This unfair view has brought years of trauma to many people who peacefully coexist now but at the time had to fight to survive.

Music has been around for centuries and has stemmed from many different backgrounds. Music has been a way for people to identify themselves and live off the music they hear. Many people have created their own styles of music coming from forms of slavery, aristocracy, protests, the golden age. Music has been impactful in society in many different ways stretching from forms of black power, war protests, global warming, and many more society issues. People have chosen to turn to music as a musical escape to face the current problems of society. Music has also looked toward how people react to make hit songs and sell more albums. Focuses on society have made it so music is encompassed around it and tells a story and sides with certain situations. Many people tend to relate to certain music more than other genres because of their background and what they grew up listening to. For example, Mexicans tend to listen to latin music and Banda rather than the hip hop Americans listen to. This creates a structure for musicians to target certain audiences. Meaning, an American hip hop artist wouldn’t usually go to Mexico to become a star. Musicians who have greatly impacted the music industry are usually made out to be idols and role models in the eyes of the public. This makes it easier for the audience to connect and want more to do with the music industry and what it stands for. A lot of the powerful music industries have gained their popularity by measuring the audiences and figuring out the audiences and what’s popular and what not. Music have come to change how people act and perceive social issues throughout the year. It’s impact is something that can be both seen and heard.

I look around me and see people who mindlessly go on about their days. They seem distracted, not living in the moment. I look closely and see these thin rectangular blocks in their hands. All their attention is turned to them. What is it about these weird objects that’s more fascinating than everything around us. I see that they’re all different. Some are different colors and sizes. A woman walking by just put the rectangle to her face and started talking to it, how strange. I turn to someone to ask for directions but they have these strings in their ears that are connected to their blocks. They must not hear me call out to them. I keep walking around town and notice everyone around me can’t stop looking at the strange blocks in their hands. It’s like their minds are somewhere else and don’t care for what’s going on around them. I turn to go into a cafe at the corner of the street. As I walk in there’s not much noise inside, instead people are sitting down staring at more blocks in their hands. I look around the tables and see a couple of people sitting together but instead of talking they simple poke on the top of the block. The people in line in front of me don’t even talk to the barista behind the counter instead they simply hear their name being called grab their drink and walk out without looking up. It’s almost as if they are being controlled by these small rectangular objects. I take my drink and sit down on one of the chairs available and keep seeing people come in and order. Several times, when it comes to pay with money or card they simply put their rectangular blocks on top of the machine and they walk away. They didn’t even pay with money but instead showed their rectangular objects to the person. It seems as if these strange objects are taking over almost everything around society.

Sports have been a major concept among Americans and have grown to be an enterprise all of their own. Granted, each different sport hold certain popularity but they all have come to impact people all over the world in many different ways. Sports have a way of unifying people and serve as a certain symbol. Many people connect to their teams emotionally and their connection may differ for everyone. They identify with their teams and hold their teams wins and losses close to them as if they were in their positions. Sports have grown into a very influential aspect in many people lives. For example, there have been creations of fan clubs and groups of people that commune because of their shared interests. Fans are also dragged into the capital gain sports have acquired over the years. Various forms of merchandise and partnering have been created to make speculators spend their money on the benefit for the sport companies. The concept of capital gain is evident to many of the famous sports players in various teams that they take their fame as a boost to sell their own merchandise and make profit off their fame. However, the attention sports have gotten over the decades has changed the social structure in how many people live their lives around. Parents now put their children in sports at an early age because of the benefits if provides for them. But, in earlier years, dedicating your life to playing sports would be looked at as ridiculous and a waste of time. Because sports have grown into a huge corporation in itself, many people now follow the examples of many famous players now. Not to mention the origins in where sports came, has greatly influenced how sports were adapted to this day. Looking back when sports were on the rise, they were exclusively reserved for the white man. But now, to benefit the outcomes and increase wins, each sport has come to use a race as their stereotype of the ideal player. It is almost as if players have been bred for success and mounted on a pedestal for people to look up to. The growth of sports has become what is socially wanted because of what has been portrayed as fame and excellence. 

The basic structure of wealth in America has become a topic of argument in recent years. The foundation of America derives from the American dream and the notion that if you work hard you will be successful and rich in life. However, multiple data shows that that’s doesn’t hold true. While many people come to believe they get unfair pay for their work, their idea of unfair doesn’t meet the reality. In an ideal society, the different classes would get paid accordingly and somewhat fairly. Nevertheless, the reality shows the dreadful concept of what America is now. While many Americans work many laborious hours and hold multiple jobs to survive and get by, they do not get paid nearly as much as they should. In the meantime, the top 20% only keeps getting richer. This data shows the corruptness of the American system to a more extreme extent than most Americans believed. Because of this unfairness, many Americans have recently begun to fight against the top percenters and demand they get paid more equally. However, it seems as if every attempt made by the lower classes only ends up benefiting the top percenters. Apart from socialism, the belief that working hard should provide you with enough money to hold a living shouldn’t be condescended to working 18 hours of the day simply to pay the rent bill and leave barely any money for food. A hard worker should be compensated for their work just as much as a CEO of a business. What the massive gap in income shows is that lower class people are worth less for their time and work than someone who runs a business. Agreeably, a CEO puts in time to his or her business but even then, he or she doesn’t pay their employees nearly as much as they make. This inequality is what has driven America into the loss of the American dream.